GM Grischuk (2726) – GM Leko (2751) [C88] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 0-0 8.h3 Bb7 9.d3 d6 10.a3 Qd7 11.Nc3 Rfe8 12.a4 b4 13.Ne2 d5 14.exd5 Nxd5 15.Ng3 Bf8 16.a5...
Launching Chess Discussion Forum
www.ChessDiscussion.com is now launched. This is a forum where chess enthusiasts from around the world can come to discuss and share ideas with each other. Many of you said that while the blog is great, it is difficult to...
LIVE game: Kramnik – Svidler 1/2
Kramnik – Svidler 1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Qxf6 7.e3 Nd7 (The overwhelming choice here is Bd3. There are many other playable choices. But this will be a hard game for White to...
LIVE Commentary! Anand – Gelfand 1/2
Anand – Gelfand 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.Nc3 Nxc3 6.dxc3 Be7 7.Be3 Nd7 = / += White has more mobility and space but the draw back is the double pawn. 8.Qd2 Ne5 9.O-O-O O-O 10.h4...
LIVE Commentary! Morozevich – Aronian
Morozevich – Aronian 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.a3 Bb7 5.Nc3 d5 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.e3 g6 (White is slightly better. The most popular continuation is 8.Bb5+) 8.h4 (This is a lesser known but agressive line, typical Morozevich style.)...
GM Imre Hera awarded chess scholarship to Texas Tech
GM Imre Hera of Hungary just received a $36,000 (out of state tuition) scholarship from Texas Tech University. He recently became a Grandmaster and his expected rating on the October 2007 FIDE list is 2544. He is expected to...
Website for LIVE games
Here is the link for LIVE games. You can view the games on the official site, ICC, FICS or PlayChess. You can follow the LIVE commentary from me right here on this blog, and you can also share your...
World Championship Polls
I have seen a number of Chess Polls from various sites about the World Championship in Mexico City. So far, it seems that Anand is on top of the polls (41% on my poll), followed by Kramnik (35%) and...
Round 1 Prediction
What is your prediction for round 1? Will the players take it easy to feel each other out or will we see fireworks right away? Anand, Viswanathan – Gelfand, BorisKramnik, Vladimir – Svidler, PeterMorozevich, Alexander – Aronian, LevonGrischuk, Alexander...
Brand new forum to discuss the World Championship
www.ChessDiscussion.com is about to be launched. This is a forum where chess enthusiasts from around the world can come to discuss and share ideas with each other. Many of you said that while the blog is great, it is...